Well, I had gotten word on Friday night that this was possible. My first thought was it was not

going to happen, but now it's here if Genni Kuznetsov gets a three-game suspension from the

NHL. Brian McNally, your initial thoughts when you first heard the news. Bad decisions have

consequences, Rob. I mean, Kuznetsoff paid the price with his suspension

with the I-IHF four years, won't play for Russia. And now the decision not to kind of come clean at

the time has cost him three games with the caps. Jay J.J. Regan, your thoughts after hearing from

Kuzi today who, look, there was some contrition there.

I think he knows he screwed up and I think this year is going to be big for him.

He knows he's screwed up.

It's hard to tell exactly how he's feeling right now because Cousy's Cousy and this situation

clearly didn't change his personality at all. He was still sort of the

quirky guy, and so I could see that if that rubbed people the wrong way, but we're going to have

to see how he plays on the ice. You couldn't see J.J.'s face when I said he had contrition. I

don't know that JJ quite agreed with me on that one. We will hear from Coozy and Todd Reardon.

I'm Rob Quarrel on the Capitals Talk podcast.

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Kuznetsoff strolls right to the goal.

Tucks it home.

Gaslings to Canling from the beginning Kuznetza.

So let me clarify the statement there.

Look, what's the definition of contrition, I guess, JJ?

Did you want him to come out and say, I'm really sorry, I screwed up, this is a bad choice?

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